La clau anglesa és entre el pedal i el pinyó.

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Breakdown of La clau anglesa és entre el pedal i el pinyó.

• i: and
• entre: between
• el pedal: the bicycle pedal

Questions & Answers about La clau anglesa és entre el pedal i el pinyó.

Why is anglesa feminine?

Because clau is a feminine noun in Catalan: la clau.
Adjectives must agree with the noun they describe, so you get:

• anglès = masculine singular
• anglesa = feminine singular

So la clau anglesa is grammatically feminine all the way through.

A useful lesson here is that noun gender in Catalan is not always obvious from the ending. Even though clau does not end in -a, it is still feminine, so it is best to learn nouns together with their article: la clau, el pedal, el pinyó.

Why does the adjective come after the noun in clau anglesa?

Because in Catalan, adjectives often come after the noun. That is the normal position in many cases, especially with descriptive adjectives and many fixed expressions.

So:

• clau anglesa = literally English wrench/key
• not usually anglesa clau

For an English speaker, this is one of the most common word-order differences to get used to.

Does clau anglesa literally mean English key?